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v16 v17 5 5 This is a summary of the latest news concerning the system. For a list of known problems related to the system, please refer to [wiki:Public/User_Guide/PaS this page]. 6 6 7 ''Last update: 2020-1 1-18''7 ''Last update: 2020-12-03'' 8 8 {{{#!comment 9 9 [[span(style=color: #FF0000, System will be in maintenance in CW37 (Monday, 2020-09-07 to Friday 2020-09-11))]] 10 10 }}} 11 11 12 [[span(style=color: #FF0000, Due to JUST problems there is currently no login possible !)]] 13 12 14 == System hardware == 13 15 16 {{{#!comment 14 17 === CM nodes === 15 16 - EnergyMeter kernel module has been updated 18 }}} 17 19 18 20 === ESB nodes === 19 21 20 - remaining two ESB racks have been installed: now 75 ESB nodes present 21 - currently connected via IB EDR, to be changed to Extoll network later this year 22 - in CW51 the first ESB rack will be updated to use Extoll network (instead of IB) 22 23 23 24 === DAM nodes === 24 25 25 - all nodes still run in app-direct mode for the DCPMM (see #2366) 26 27 - BIOS update has been rolled out to all DAM nodes 26 - Persistent memory for nodes dp-dam[03-16] will be extended to 3 TB with next maintenance (CW51) 28 27 29 28 === Network Federation Gateways === 30 29 31 - two gateway nodes for IB <-> Extoll bridging between CM/ESB and DAM are available for the users 30 - Gateway nodes will be completed in CW51 to the final layout: 31 32 * 2 NF-GW EDR/Fabri3 33 34 * 2x NF-GW 40GbE/Fabri3 35 36 * 2x NF-GW EDR/40GbE 32 37 33 38 - for an example on how to use the gateway nodes and for further information, … … 39 44 ==== NAM ==== 40 45 41 - a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM is being prepared46 - a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM is being set up (using dp-dam[03,04]) 42 47 43 48 === File Systems === 44 49 50 - **a new All Flash Storage Module (AFSM) is going to be added to the system in January 2020** 51 45 52 - DEEP-EST storage has been rebuilt for performance reasons 46 53 - BeeGFS servers and clients have been updated 47 - the SDV is de-coupled now meaning that the SDV nodes only mount `/sdv-work` (not `/work`) and the DEEP-ESTnodes only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`)54 - the SDV is de-coupled now meaning that the SDV nodes do not mount `/work` anymore and the DEEP-EST (CM,DAM,ESB) nodes only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`) 48 55 49 - BeeGFS (`/work`) will get user quotas(see section "User management")56 - BeeGFS (`/work`) user quotas is in place now (see section "User management") 50 57 51 58 - It is possible to access the `$ARCHIVE` file system from the `deepv` login node under `/arch`. For more information about `$ARCHIVE`, please refer to the [wiki:Filesystems Filesystems page] and see also … … 53 60 54 61 - DCPMM usage within BeeGFS currently being tested on `dp-dam03` 55 - more tests (with CentOS 8) to follow62 - more tests (with different kernel versions) being done 56 63 57 64 == System software == … … 63 70 - burst buffer pluggin 64 71 65 - 2020a Easybuild stage is currently being set up 66 67 - ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) has been installed and is used as default now 72 - 2020 Easybuild stage is currently being set up 68 73 69 74 - Intel oneAPI Beta 10 version has been installed to /usr/local/intel/oneapi … … 75 80 76 81 - a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) has been implemented 77 - thresholds to be defined82 - thresholds still to be defined 78 83 79 84